Definitions in the DuckDuckGo api

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Created: 3 years and 3 days ago

According to https://api.duckduckgo.com/api, the API will return definitions using the "DefinitionSource", "Definition", and "DefinitionURL" properties. However, I can't find any query that actually returns a definition. Neither words like "duck", or queries like "definition of duck" and "duck definition" actually return anything. Is there a specific query used to get definitions, or could the DDG devs please add this? I'd really like to get definitions from DDG's API for a project I'm working on.

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I see what you mean but I'm not exactly sure why. I think it may be something to do with the data sources for the definitions, e.g. whether we're allowed to syndicate the data in an API or not. If that's the case then our API page should be updated to clarify. Anyway, I've raised it as an issue with the developers so we can find out more.